spanking
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Question Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree that it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking?
Values
[1]strongly agree[2]agree[3]disagree[4]strongly disagree[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1986 |
| A/B | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for spanking.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | strongly agree | agree | disagree | strongly disagree | don't know | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1986 | - | 404 | 816 | 195 | 45 | 9 | 1 | - | 1470 |
| 1988 | 493 | 302 | 476 | 145 | 55 | 8 | 2 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 315 | 455 | 169 | 55 | 9 | 3 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 261 | 466 | 154 | 36 | 8 | 3 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 263 | 485 | 194 | 65 | 15 | 2 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 243 | 538 | 210 | 70 | 15 | 4 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 522 | 909 | 357 | 162 | 20 | 7 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 512 | 890 | 357 | 164 | 33 | 4 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 486 | 880 | 336 | 133 | 34 | 2 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 588 | 780 | 328 | 144 | 33 | 4 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 272 | 387 | 176 | 64 | 6 | 3 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 222 | 433 | 182 | 60 | 8 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 532 | 893 | 402 | 143 | 20 | 2 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 342 | 608 | 280 | 78 | 18 | 3 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 336 | 647 | 324 | 110 | 10 | 3 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 302 | 598 | 277 | 100 | 21 | 4 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 378 | 777 | 365 | 139 | 12 | 4 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 457 | 817 | 440 | 152 | 15 | 7 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 340 | 700 | 368 | 121 | 23 | 7 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1317 | 424 | 977 | 827 | 456 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | 434 | 887 | 634 | 389 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1126 | 381 | 804 | 587 | 349 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 3309 |
| Total | 20850 | 8316 | 15223 | 7307 | 3090 | 373 | 78 | 57 | 55294 |